HSEQ Compliance Coordinator – Safety, Risk & Sustainability

WM; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

WM New Zealand is seeking a safety-focused HSEQ professional to lead compliance across multiple sites and strengthen risk management practices. You will coordinate audits, investigations, and corrective actions while developing safety documentation and delivering site-based training.

Join a team that values continuous improvement, sustainability, and strong governance, with regional leadership support and a role spanning operations and regulatory engagement across New Zealand.

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of HSEQ legislation, systems, and risk management processes.
• Experience in safety audits, investigations, and corrective actions.
• Excellent time management, organisational, and communication skills.
• Ability to coach, train, and influence others in best practice safety behaviours.
• Experience coordinating compliance and reporting tasks in operational settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to managers and staff to ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality legislation and the company’s HSEQ Management System.
• Conduct audits, inspections, risk assessments, and incident investigations with corrective actions followed through to completion.
• Develop, review, and maintain safety documentation such as SOPs, JSEAs, hazardous substances registers, and compliance records.
• Coordinate and deliver site-based HSEQ training, toolbox talks, and committee meetings.
• Liaise with regulatory bodies and third-party auditors and act as the primary contact for workplace incidents and injury case management.
• Support the implementation of site emergency plans, business continuity plans, risk registers, and environmental management plans.
• Promote and support sustainability initiatives aligned with the company’s circular economy goals and environmental targets.

Skills

HSEQ knowledge

Risk management

Audits & investigations

Communication

Training & coaching

Job description

WM New Zealand is seeking a safety-focused HSEQ professional to lead compliance across multiple sites and strengthen risk management practices. You will coordinate audits, investigations, and corrective actions while developing safety documentation and delivering site-based training.

Join a team that values continuous improvement, sustainability, and strong governance, with regional leadership support and a role spanning operations and regulatory engagement across New Zealand.